To close incognito mode, go to the corner of each of your incognito windows and touch the X.

Note: Your iPhone or iPad might store information about some websites you visit in incognito mode, even though Google Chrome doesn't. This is because regular and incognito mode tabs share HTML5 local storage in iOS devices. HTML5 websites can get this information about your visit in this storage area.

You can switch between an incognito window and any regular windows you have open. You'll only be in incognito mode when you're using the incognito window.

How incognito mode works

What you view

Incognito mode opens a new window where you can browse the Internet without Chrome saving the sites you visit. You can open many tabs in incognito mode and navigate back and forth between the pages you visit. When you close the tabs, Chrome won’t save the sites you’ve visited.

Be careful, because the websites you visit, your employer, or your service provider can still see your browsing activity, even in incognito mode.

What you've downloaded

Chrome won’t save a record of the files you download in incognito mode. However, the downloaded files will be saved to your computer’s Downloads folder, where you and any other users of your computer can see and open them, even after you close your incognito tabs.